Is it Wrong to Refuse Taking Photos for a Friend on Holiday?

AITA for not wanting to take photos on holiday with my friend? The situation escalates as she demands perfect shots, leading to tension and a potential friendship fallout.

Damjan

Published in Interesting
10 Mar 2026

Is it Wrong to Refuse Taking Photos for a Friend on Holiday?

A 2-person trip to Korea was supposed to be a sweet, low-stress escape, until a phone full of photos turned into a full-blown friendship test. OP says this was her second time traveling, and she invited her 18-year-old friend because neither of them wanted her to go alone, plus they were both obsessed with K-culture.

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At first, it worked, OP even let her friend take her phone most of the time since she already told her she was not into taking photos. Then day three hit, the friend rented a hanbok and started pushing for palace pictures, and OP got stuck in a 30-minute loop of complaints about effort and camera angles.

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When the frustration finally boiled over, OP sent her friend off alone to shoot photos while she visited a museum, and now there are five days left with silence in between.

Original Post

Me and my friend (18) went on a trip by ourselves to Korea. This was my second time going and I invited her as my family didn't want me travelling alone and we were both into K-culture.

So the first few days were fine, I let her take my phone most of the time to take photos as I didn't like taking any (which I had already told her about before the trip). Then on the third day she rented a hanbok and wanted a few pictures at a palace with them.

I was fine at first but then she started complaining I wasn't trying hard enough to take her photos and the camera was tilted etc. We spent 30 minutes on this and I was quite frustrated.

So when about an hour later she wanted to go to the village to take photos I told her to go on her own and I'd visit the museum and we'd meet back here. She hasn’t been talking to me and I'm worried I screwed up our friendship and we still have 5 days left of the trip.

Should I have just sucked it up and taken the photos without complaint? I’m worried I acted rashly as I was already annoyed from a previous disagreement the previous day.